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The Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would raise the bar for what counts as felony theft in the state.
Under current law, stealing anything worth more than $500 in Kentucky can be charged as a Class D felony, meaning it is punishable with a prison sentence of one to five years, a fine and revocation of civil rights.
Anyone in Kentucky who has been convicted of a felony in Kentucky is stripped of their right to vote, hold office and own a gun for life.
But under House Bill 126, the felony theft threshold would rise to $1,000.
Green River Correctional Complex Recreation Leader arrested after selling prisoner cell phone
Green River Correctional Complex Recreation Leader arrested after selling prisoner cell phone By Makayla Neukam | March 10, 2021 at 6:30 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 10:32 PM
MUHLENBERG CO., Ky. (WFIE) - A recreation leader of the Green River Correctional Complex is in jail after KSP says he sold a prisoner a cell phone.
KSP says they were contacted by the Kentucky Department of Corrections and that they suspected Corrections Recreation Leader JMichael E. Collins had brought a cell phone into the prison and sold it to a prisoner. JMichael E. Collins (Source: Muhlenberg County Jail)
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